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Cardinals land WR 1st round of 5-round mock, take QB in Round 3

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Round 3: S Marcus Allen, Penn State

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Not considered a need even a few weeks ago, the Cardinals may look to the draft to add to their safety depth. Antoine Bethea is signed through next season, but after he and Budda Baker, Arizona’s depth at the position isn’t great.

The surprise of this pick, however, is Allen is considered more like a Deone Bucannon type coming out, and there are rumors some teams consider him a weak-side linebacker. It seems if Arizona were to go with a safety in the draft, it would be a more free safety type.

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The 2020 season still is months away, but we can look at projections for the future. Draft Wire managing editor Luke Easterling, using updated Super Bowl odds, projected the order of the first round of the 2021 draft.

What does that mean for the Arizona Cardinals?

Based on these odds, the Cardinals would hold the 12th overall pick, four spots behind where they selected in this year's draft.

They are preceded by the Los Angeles Chargers and Denver Broncos and followed by the Miami Dolphins, who hold the Houston Texans' draft pick, and the Chicago Bears.

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